List of public signage typefaces

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List of public signage typefaces

This is a list of typefaces used for signage in public areas, such as roads and airports.

Brusseline ? developed for Brussels' public transport company
Calvert ? developed for the Tyne and Wear Metro by Margaret Calvert
Clearview ? developed to replace U.S. Federal Highway Administration typefaces
DIN 1451 ? the German transport typeface
Esseltub ? earlier used in Stockholm Metro
FF Meta ? used in Stockholm Metro
Frutiger ? used on Swiss road signs, across the public transport network of Oslo, Norway, by the Dutch National Railways and in England's National Health Service
FHWA Series fonts ? developed for U.S. road signage, and also used in Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Spain and the Netherlands
Gill Sans ? used by British Railways until 1965
Helvetica ? used in the New York City Subway system, the Chicago Transit Authority system, and in the Madrid Metro; earlier used in Stockholm Metro
Johnston ? used by Transport for London
Metron ? created in 1973 for Prague Metro by Ji?í Rathouský
Myriad ? used on Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway
NPS Rawlinson, used by the United States National Park Service
Parisine ? used in the Paris Métro
Rail Alphabet ? designed for British Rail in 1964 and still the dominant font on the British railway system
Rotis Serif ? used by Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit and typeface for road signposts
Toronto Subway ? used in Toronto Transit Commission subway stations
Trafikkalfabetet ("The traffic alphabet") ? used for Norwegian road signs and license plates until 2002
Transport ? developed for the British roads, used in Italy, Portugal, Greece and other countries
Tratex ? used for road signs in Sweden
Univers ? used by the Montreal Metro, San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit,^[1] Frankfurt Airport and the Walt Disney World Resort road system